Bug 1997814 (CVE-2021-38714)

Summary:	CVE-2021-38714 plib: integer overflow could lead to arbitrary code execution
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	hdegoede, matthias, walter.pete
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Description Michael Kaplan 2021-08-25 20:37:50 UTC

In Plib through 1.85, there is an integer overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is found in ssgLoadTGA() function in src/ssg/ssgLoadTGA.cxx file.

Reference:

https://sourceforge.net/p/plib/bugs/55/

Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2021-08-25 20:38:14 UTC

Created plib tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1997816]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1997815]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-08-25 21:34:54 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.